cope
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"By enhancing REM, we may help people better cope with stress and improve their overall well-being."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Every year the NHS sets out detailed plans for winter, including measures to cope with increases in patients.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
According to the specialist, families continue to find ways to cope with shortages, but the wear and tear is becoming increasingly evident.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Family members worried about how fanatics would cope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"If you can't cope, you can come here. But don't just take off. I can't let you do that."
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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He too copes with blackouts, water shortages, a lack of farming supplies and ever-rising prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The 42-year-old says he copes with his trauma by sharing his story with other victims and the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Since his mom was diagnosed with cancer at 83, Regis has pivoted to acting as what he calls a “capital C caregiver,” as she copes with treatment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
So the researchers are planning trials where one person is vaccinated and then deliberately infected to see how their body copes.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Other copes of the same period are in the Madrid Museum, two copes at Bologna, and the "Ascoli" cope recently purchased by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and generously returned by him.
From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Lowes, Emily Leigh
"He had such strength too. He had coped with such a lot in his young life and he was making plans and so looking forward to the future."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
U.S. airlines and their global peers coped by tweaking capacity, generally cutting down on less popular and profitable flights, and charging more for checked bags and other fees.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
"I didn't grow up with AC," said the Frenchman from the Mediterranean city of Nice, who said his family coped using fans.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Chapman told Dr. Oz that he’d coped with the news by acknowledging it was “a scary situation” but deciding to “face it one way or another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
In the early years of my boyhood, my parents coped very well in America.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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His trademark quips are a coping mechanism for his insecurity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Now over 50% the people who come to us are from the police and a few from the other emergency services as well. They're just not coping."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
"The children are the most stressed. They think the fire is going to burn down the house, but we're coping," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Yet the resumption of fighting has clouded the outlook, especially among manufacturers coping with tariffs, higher energy prices and supply disruptions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mariam wondered if there was fighting like this in Herat too, and, if so, how Mullah Faizullah was coping, if he was still alive, and Bibi jo too, with all her sons, brides, and grandchildren.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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